Feature Articles

News What's the latest news about the Dungeons & Dragons game? Find announcements about licensed projects, short news bites, event information, and interesting insights into what our R&D department is doing now here. RECENT UPDATES This Month's Dragon Magazine 04/26/2007 Gen Con Coverage 08/10/2007 Dragon/Dungeon Submission Guidelines 08/03/2007 (MORE)		D&D Podcast Don’t just read about the latest news and discussions – listen in to D&D’s official podcasts! Join us each month as we share our thoughts from inside Wizards of the Coast. RECENT UPDATES Episode 13 (July 2007) 07/27/2007 Episode 12 (July 2007) 07/13/2007 Episode 11 (June 2007) 06/08/2007 (MORE)
Character Class This column by Skip Williams provides players with tips on creating effective and interesting characters of various types. The column is published twice a month on Thursdays. RECENT UPDATES Stealthy Rascals 4 08/14/2007 Stealthy Rascals 3 08/07/2007 Stealthy Rascals 2 06/26/2007 (MORE)		D&D Alumni In 2004, Dungeons & Dragons celebrated its 30th anniversary; for the game’s alumni, take a look back at its origins and see how D&D has evolved into the current version 3.5. RECENT UPDATES A Brief History of Dice 03/02/2007 A Brief History of Rogues 01/26/2007 A Look Back at Devils 12/12/2006 (MORE)
D&D Fiction Check out original D&D fiction by some of the biggest names in the business; including Ed Greenwood, Joseph D. Carriker, James Wyatt, Matthew Sernett, and more. RECENT UPDATES Shadows of Stormreach: Chapter 6 07/17/2006 Shadows of Stormreach: Chapter 5 07/10/2006 Shadows of Stormreach: Chapter 4 07/03/2006 (MORE)		D&D Fight Club Welcome to D&D Fight Club!, the column that provides complex opponents -- or occasionally allies -- at various challenge ratings. All you have to do is choose the right CR and drop it into your game. RECENT UPDATES Athor, Verdant Reaver Scout 08/06/2007 Imbrudar 08/03/2007 Drossang Tachlash 06/22/2007 (MORE)
Design & Development Interested in what goes into the creation of Dungeons & Dragons? Members of R&D offer this behind-the-scenes look at Wizards of the Coast, sharing their insights and philosophies into the making of the game. RECENT UPDATES How to Make a Monster Manual, Part 2 08/03/2007 How to Make a Monster Manual, Part 1 07/27/2007 Dreamblade Minis… in your D&D Game 04/13/2007 (MORE)		Elite Opponents Elite Opponents is all about monsters -- and strange, variant monsters at that! Each of these columns presents templated versions of a given creature for use in different types of campaigns -- both D&D and d20 Modern. RECENT UPDATES Variant Beholders 08/10/2007 Weird and "Wonderful" Darkmantles 07/20/2007 Variant Frostwind Viragos 07/13/2007 (MORE)
Map-A-Week This collection of maps provided by our expert fantasy cartography department is suitable for use as adventure locales or as inspiration to spur your imagination in the D&D game. RECENT UPDATES Expedition to Undermountain -- Part 3 06/27/2007 Expedition to Undermountain -- Part 2 06/20/2007 Expedition to Undermountain -- Part 1 06/14/2007 (MORE)		The Mind's Eye In this series of articles we'll choose a recent D&D sourcebook and bring you a look at what psionic material you can find in that book as well as provide you with tips on how to integrate that material into your campaign. RECENT UPDATES Four New Psionic Monsters 07/11/2007 Expanded Classes, Part Four 06/29/2007 Euralden Eye 05/18/2007 (MORE)
Prestige Class This column provides players with tips on creating effective and interesting characters through the use of a prestige class. RECENT UPDATES Suel Arcanamach 08/29/2007 Radiant Servant of Pelor 08/07/2007 Knight Protector 07/17/2007 (MORE)		Product Spotlight See what the designers, developers, and editors of the game have to say about the products they've created in these interviews. What do they think are the cool things about this month's products? Find out here. RECENT UPDATES Complete Champion 05/14/2007 Expedition to the Demonweb Pits 04/17/2007 Magic Item Compendium, Preview 4 03/06/2007 (MORE)
Rules of the Game Have people that you play with presented you with a gloriously tangled rules question? Sit down with your rulebooks and get ready to go over them with our rules guru as he examines what happens when rules collide. RECENT UPDATES Ranged Attacks (Part Four) 07/31/2007 Ranged Attacks (Part Three) 07/24/2007 Ranged Attacks (Part Two) 07/17/2007 (MORE)		Save My Game Is your D&D campaign having troubles? Have you set up a situation that you now wish you hadn't? Do your best ideas fall flat? Worry no more, because Jason Nelson-Brown has the answers to save your game. RECENT UPDATES Time Management 08/03/2007 Weakened Demon Lords 07/27/2007 Player Thrills, DM Disappointments 07/20/2007 (MORE)
Steal This Hook! This column brings you, the DM, a bevy of ideas to steal for your campaign. RECENT UPDATES Ravaging Monsters 07/13/2007 Paladin Quests 06/15/2007 "Please Help Me" 05/21/2007 (MORE)		Tactics and Tips Tactics and Tips provides useful information about tactical game play based on using the core books. When inspiration strikes, they also venture beyond the core books to bring together astute tactics based on information. RECENT UPDATES The Forgotten Magic Cache (Part 6) 08/13/2007 The Forgotten Grimoire (Part 6) 08/13/2007 The Forgotten Grimoire (Part 5) 08/08/2007 (MORE)
Use This Book Tonight You've just come home with a brand-new D&D book. Trouble is, your game's in an hour, and you don't have time to read through the whole book before the players show up. That's where this column comes in. RECENT UPDATES Red Hand of Doom 02/24/2006 Races of the Dragon 01/31/2006 Heroes of Horror 10/21/2005 (MORE)		Vicious Venues Do you need a site with a few new challenges for your players? Are your adventurers facing a long trip with nothing to do? Do you want to add excitement to your next dungeon? Check out our Vicious Venues. RECENT UPDATES The Yellow Lanterns 07/20/2007 Oasis of the Whistling Palms 05/25/2007 The Giant's Sandal 04/27/2007 (MORE)
Retired Articles Looking for a series that you used to read? We keep our retired series online for a time here. They won't stay here forever, though, so we recommend that you print out old series for yourself, as once they leave this area, they live only in memory.

Limited Series

Villain Builder Looking to create a memorable villain for your campaign? Our "Villain Builder" limited-series provides all the guidelines you’ll need to generate truly vile masterminds. RECENT UPDATES 10 Tragic Villains 06/22/2007 Death Scenes 06/08/2007 When No One is Watching 05/25/2007 (MORE)		Adventure Builder Ready to design your first RPG adventure, or learn how to improve the adventures you’ve already got? Adventure writer Wolfgang Baur's "Adventure Builder" limited-series will cover all the bases. RECENT UPDATES Terrain, Hazards, and Traps 11/03/2006 Structures and Plot 09/22/2006 Copper Bits and Gleaming Hoards 09/08/2006 (MORE)
Dice Games Looking to pass the time in the local tavern, waiting for your contact to arrive? Need to divvy the magic items from your recent treasure haul? This limited series brings you new dice games to employ! RECENT UPDATES Wishing Well 05/02/2007 Deceit 04/18/2007 Spoils of War 03/21/2007 (MORE)

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